N I S A L - National Institute for the Study of Ageing and Later Life

Research areas

Research is conducted through major and minor projects within three broad fields:

• Socio-cultural, political and historical context
• Life course, ageing, welfare and care
• Ageing in time and space: Home, housing and technological landscapes

In the first field of research, understandings of ageing and older people as well as the formation of identities are studied. The second field includes the programme areas of Welfare, ageing and civil society and Functional impairment and ageing. The third field is concerned with older people’s everyday life and living conditions, both in their homes and in relation to their use of technology.

It is our goal to integrate views from the humanities and social sciences, medical sciences and technology within NISAL so as to overcome the gaps between different disciplines and clarify the connections between the various approaches to research on ageing and later life.

Research programme

Forms of Care in Later life: Agency, Place, Time and Life Course

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Last updated: 2013-02-02